2nd suspect charged in Madison Heights robbery, beating

MADISON HEIGHTS — A second Clinton Township man has been arrested and charged in the robbery and baseball-bat beating of two men at a self-serve car wash.

The robbery happened Feb. 15 when police said an officer spotted two Rochester Hills men, both 35, being beaten with bats by three men inside a bay at the Super Six Car Wash, 26750 John R near 11 Mile Road.

Police said the three men were wearing hooded sweatshirts. The officer was alerted when he was on patrol and saw a car with its headlights off parked behind and nearby Walgreens pharmacy and turned around to investigate.

The suspects fled in the car, but the officer managed to get the license plate number. Police said they later used the information to track down the first suspect, Shawn Patrick Nesbitt, 28, of Clinton Township who was arrested later and charged Tuesday in Madison 43rd District Court.

Nesbitt is jailed on $1.5 million bond for two counts of armed robbery and two counts of felony assault.

The second suspect, Jason Eric Morgan, 29, was arraigned Thursday before Madison Heights 43rd District Magistrate James Patterson on the same charges. Morgan is also jailed on $1.5 million bond.

“One of the victims told us he was hit 20 times,” Madison Heights Police Lt. Robert Anderson said after Nesbitt was charged.

Both of the beating victims were hospitalized and are expected to recover. A wallet was stolen from one of the men, police said.

Investigators said they believe the suspects targeted the two men and that it was not a random robbery.

Morgan and Nesbitt are scheduled for a pre-exam conference in Madison Heights District Court at 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Each of the armed robbery charges against the suspects is punishable by up to life in prison. The assault charges are 10-year felonies.